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Table 23: Top 10 PV Manufacturers by Year (2005-2009)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1407.7MW p 1984.6MW p 3073MW p 5491.8MW p 7913.3MW p
Sharp Solar 27% Sharp Solar 22% Sharp Solar 12% Q Cells 10% First Solar 13%
Kyocera 10% Q Cells 12% Q Cells 11% Suntech 9% Suntech 9%
Q Cells 9% Kyocera 9% Suntech 10% Sharp Solar 8% Sharp Solar 7%
Schott Solar 7% Suntech 8% Kyocera 7% First Solar 8% Yingli 7%
BP Solar 6% Sanyo 6% First Solar 6% Kyocera 5% Q Cells 7%
Mitsubishi 6% Mitsubishi 5% Motech 6% Motech 5% JA Solar 7%
Electric Electric
Sanyo 6% Schott Solar 5% Sanyo 5% Sanyo 4% Trina 5%
Shell Solar 4% Motech 5% SolarWorld 4% SunPower 4% SunPower 4%
Mitsubishi
Motech 3% BP Solar 4% 4% JA Solar 4% Kyocera 4%
Electric
Isofoton 3% SunPower 3% SunPower 3% BP Solar 3% Motech 4%
Others 19% Others 21% Other 32% Other 40% Other 33%

Source: Renewable Energy World

Table 24: PV Module Manufacturing by Regions

USA Japan Europe Other
2000 23% 57% 17% 3%
2001 23% 57% 18% 2%
2002 17% 54% 28% 2%
2003 11% 60% 27% 2%
2004 12% 51% 36% 1%
2005 13% 50% 34% 3%
2006 12% 39% 45% 4%
2007 6% 15% 39% 40%
2008
2009

Source: IEA PVPS Annual Trends Reports

Note: China joined IEA PVPS in 2010 hence it was difficult estimating the figures for 2008
and 2009 with the growth of the Chinese Manufacturers

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